Quebec City is interested in teaming up with Calgary, Vancouver and Lake Placid about sharing events at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Mayor Regis Labeaume will visit Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 11 to meet with International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach to have preliminary talks aimed at a possible bid for the Games that year.

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The mayor has often said the costs of organizing the Olympic games were far too expensive and that Quebec City wants to possibly team up with the other locales to lower the cost of infrastructure investments.

Labeaume added that such an alliance would dramatically lower the total costs of infrastructure, which would make the Games more affordable."

Lake Placid Mayor Craig Randall said Labeaume reached out to him to ask about village's willingness to be part of a joint bid. Randall said he was flattered and to keep Lake Placid included as Quebec City investigates its possible bid.

Randall said the games could use some of the existing venues in Lake Placid. He added that the village continues to support the U.S. Olympic Committee's bid for Los Angeles to host the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Quebec City and Lake Placid are about 260 miles, or 4 hours' drive, apart.

At least five other American cities have expressed interest in hosting the 2026 games.

The Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid in 1932 and 1980, Calgary in 1988 and Vancouver in 2010.